The
Last Unicorn
by Peter S. BeagleThirty years ago Peter S. Beagle entered the delicate
heart and mind of a unicorn who learns one day that "I am the only
unicorn there is." Readers young and old were utterly enchanted by
The Last Unicorn, and, with each generation, Beagle's beloved novel
grew in popularity and stature to become one of the world's all-time fantasy
classics. Here, then, is the enduring tale of the last unicorn's quest for
life and love... of the bumbling magician and the indomitable woman who
shared her dream... and the special magic that burns deep within every heart.

Also by Beagle:Giant Bones
A Fine and Private Place
The Innkeeper's Song

Redwall
by Brian JacquesWelcome to Mossflower Wood, where the gentle mice have
gathered to celebrate a year of peace and abundance. All is well... until
a sinister shadow falls across the ancient stone abby of Redwall. It is
rumored that Cluny is coming  Cluny, the terrible one-eyed rat and
his savage horde  Cluny, who has vowed to conquer Redwall Abby! The
only hope for the besieged mice lies in the lost sword of the legendary
Martin the Warrior. And so begins the epic quest of a bumbling young apprentice
 a courageous mouse who would rise up, fight back... and become legend
himself.

Also by Jacques:Mossflower
Mattimeo
Mariel of Redwall

The Chessmen of Doom
by John Bellairs What did Professor Childermass's eccentric brother mean
by the mysterious riddle he attached to his will? And why does he insist
the professor spend the summer on his deserted estate in order to earn his
inheritance? The professor, Johnny Dixon and Johnny's friend Fergie are
determined to find out. But when they journey to the ramshackle mansion,
they make a horrifying discovery. Unless they unravel the baffling riddle
fast, an evil madman will succeed in unleashing a force so powerful it could
destroy the entire world!

Also by Bellairs:The Eyes of the Killer Robot
The Mansion in the Mist
The Vengence of the Witch-Finder

Alanna, the First Adventure
by Tamora PierceAlanna of Trebond is no ordinary girl  her dream
is to become a knight. So she disguises herself as a boy and begins training
at the palace of King Roald. ...
Here begins Alanna's first adventure  one that will lead not only
to fulfillment of her dreams but to the magical destiny that will make her
a legend.

Also by Pierce:In the Hand of the Goddess
Lioness Rampant

Unmentionable!
by Paul JenningsUnmentionable? Sure. But I'll try to tell you anyway.
The mouth organ is inside my mouth. It is stuck in sideways. The pain is
terrible. My eyes water.
Some things you just can't talk about...
Locked in the loo. Kissing a cold cold kid. Being a squirt. Burning your
behind...

Sabriel
by Garth NixEver since she was a tiny child, Sabriel has lived outside
the walls of the Old Kingdom, away from the random power of Free Magic,
and away from the Dead who won't stay dead. But now her father, the Mage
Abhorsen, is missing, and to find him Sabriel must cross back into that
world.
Though her journey begins alone, she soon finds companion: Mogget, whose
seemingly harmless feline form hides a powerful  and perhaps malevolent
 spirit, and Touchstone, a young Charter Mage long imprisoned by magic,
now free in body but still trapped by painful memories.
With threats on all sides and only each other to trust, the three must travel
deep into the Old Kingdom, toward a battle that will pit them against the
true forces of life and death  and bring Sabriel face-to-face with
her own hidden destiny.
"Sabriel is a winner, a fantasy that reads like realism. Here
is a world with the same solidity as our own, created with invention, clarity,
and intelligence. I congratulate Garth Nix. And I look forward to his next
piece of work."  Phillip Pullman, author of The
Golden Compass

Also by Nix:Liraelsequel to SabrielShade's Children

Ender's Game
by Orson Scott Card"Aliens have attacked earth twice and almost destroyed
the human race. To make sure the humans win the next encounter, the world
government has taken to breeding military geniuses  and then training
them in the arts of war... The early training, not surprisingly, takes the
forms of 'games'... Ender Wiggin is a genius among geniuses: he wins all
games. ... He is smart enough to know that time is running out. But is he
smart enough to save the planet?"
 The New York Times

Also by Card:Ender's Shadow

Rats
Saw God
by Rob ThomasWhat's the matter with Steve York?
Houston, Sophomore Year
Steve is on the top of the world. He and his friends are the talk of the
school. He's in love with a terrific girl. He can even deal with the astronaut
 a world-famous hero who happens to be his father.
San Diego, Senior Year
Steve is bummed out, drugged out, flunking out. A no-nonsense counselor
says he can graduate if he writes a 100-page paper. And in telling how he
got to where he is, Steve discovers how to get to where he wants to be.

Also by Thomas:Slave Day
Satellite Down
Doing Time: Notes From the Undergrad

James
and the Giant Peach
by Raold DahlA little magic can take you a long way... When James
accidentally drops some magic crystals by the old peach tree, strange things
start happening. The peach at the very tip of the tree starts growing and
growing and growing... until it's as big as a house! When James crawls inside,
he meets a houseful of oversized friends: Grasshopper, Centipede, Earthworm,
and more. With a snip of the stem, the peach starts rolling away, and the
adventure begins!

The Chronicles of Chrestomanci
Vol.1
by Diane Wynne JonesIn the multiple parallel universes of the Twelve Related
Worlds, only an enchanter with nine lives is powerful enough to control
the rampant misuse of magic  and to hold the title of Chrestomanci...
The Chants are a family strong in magic, but neither Christopher nor Cat
can work even the simplest of spells. So how can they hope to thwart the
schemes of an avaricious enchanter and a ruthless young witch  schemes
that could destroy all the worlds of Chrestomanic?
"Mad about Harry? Try Diana." U.S. News & World Report

Also by Jones:Castle in the Air
Hexwood
Year of the Griffin

Double Star
by Robert A. HeinleinOne minute, down and out actor Lorenzo Smythe was 
as usual  in a bar, drinking away his troubles as he watched his career
go down the tubes. Then a space pilot brought him a drink, and the next
thing Smythe knew, he was shanghaied to Mars.
Suddenly he found himself agreeing to the most difficult role of his career:
impersonating an important politician who had been kidnapped. Peace with
the Martians was at stake  failure to pull off the act could result
in interplanetary war. And Smythe's own life was on the line  for
if he wasn't assassinated, there was always the possibility that he might
be trapped in his new role forever!

Also by HeinleinThe Door Into Summer
Red Planet
Friday

Dragonsong
by Anne McCaffreyMenolly, a young fisher's daughter, had dreamed all her
life of learning the Harper's craft. When her stern father denied Menolly's
destiny, she fled Half Circle Hold just as Pern was struck again by the
deadly danger of Threadfall, the killing ropes of death that fell from a
nearby star. Taking shelter in a cave be the sea, Menolly made a miraculous
discovery that insured her a new home among the master musicians of Pern's
Harper Hall.
Anne McCaffrey's best-selling "Harper Hall Trilogy" is a wonder-filled
classic of the imagination. Dragonsong
is the enchanting tale of how Menolly of Half Circle Hold became Pern's
first female Harper, and rediscovered the legendary fire lizards who helped
save her world.

Also by McCaffrey:Dragonsinger
Dragondrums

Beauty
by Robin McKinleySixteen-year-old Beauty has never liked her nickname.
Thin, awkward, and undersized, with big hands and huge feet, she has always
thought of herself as the plainest girl in her family  certainly not
as lovely as her elder sisters, Hope and Grace. But what she lacks in looks,
she makes up for in courage. When her father come home one day with the
strange tale of an enchanted castle in the wood and the terrible promise
he has made to the Beast who lives there, Beauty knows what she must do.
She must go to the castle and tame Beast  if such a thing is possible...
Here is the unusual love story of a most unlikely couple: Beauty ... and
the Beast.

Also by McKinleyThe Hero and the Crown
The Blue Sword

The
Golden Compass
by Phillip PullmanLyra's greatest adventure would begin closer to home
the day she heard hushed talk of an extraordinary particle. Microscopic
in size, the magical Dust  found only in the vast Arctic expanse of
the North  was rumored to possess profound properties that could unite
the whole universe.
Catapulted into the heart of a terrible struggle, Lyra was forced to seek
aid from clans, gyptians, and formidable armored bears. And as she journeyed
into unbelievable danger, she had not the faintest clue that she alone was
destined to win, or to lose, this more-than-mortal battle...

5
Novels
by Daniel PinkwaterFive classic novels by Daniel Pinkwater, who has been
quietly, subversively producing books for the most intelligent and creative
children and young people in America for more than 25 years. (Adults may
know him as a frequent commentator on National Public Radio, essayist, book
reviewer, and the author of The Afterlife Diet.) Well over a million
copies of his books have been sold since the first, The Terrible Roar, was
published in 1970. In this collection are:
 Alan Mendalson, the Boy from Mars
 Slaves of Spiegel
 The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death
 The Last Guru
 Young Adult Novel

The
Thief of Always
by Clive BarkerMr. Hood's Holiday House has stood for a thousand years,
welcoming countless children into its embrace. It is a place of miracles,
a blissful round of treats and seasons; where every childhood whim may be
satisfied... There is a price to be paid, of course, but young Harvey Swick,
bored with his life and beguiled by Mr. Hood's wonders, does not stop to
consider the consequences. It is only when the House shows its darker face
 when Harvey discovers the pitiful creatures that dwell in its shadows,
 that he comes to doubt Mr. Hood's philanthropy. The House and its
mysterious architect are not about to release their captive without a battle,
however. Mr. Hood has ambitions for his new guest, for Harvey's soul burns
brighter than any soul he has encountered in a thousand years...

Tailchaser's
Song
by Tad WilliamsMeet Fritti Tailchaser, a ginger tom cat of rare courage
and curiosity, a born survivor in a world of heroes and villains, of powerful
feline gods and whiskery legends about those strange, furless, erect creatures
called M'an. Join Tailchaser on his magical quest to rescue his catfriend
Hushpad  a quest that will take him all the way to cat hell and beyond...
"For anyone who loves and understands cats... a fantasy of epic proportions
in the vein of Watership Down." San Diego Union
"Williams; understanding of nuances of feline behavior and psychology,
as well as his riveting storytelling and memorable characters, make the
book a classic of its genre." Cat Fancy Magazine

Nevernever
by Will ShetterlyI should tell you about the Nevernever. Problem is, time
and space are strange near the Border. The lands change as you go through
them, and so do the seasons. You might walk from summer to fall or from
desert lands to ice fields by going around a hill or through a clump of
brush. Once I was away for six days and found a month had passed in Bordertown.
I made maps during my first explorations, but they never did me any good
on later trips. It's as if the landmarks move or change, as if space and
time are as whimsical as magic is here. Maybe the gods of Faerie have incredibly
stupid senses of humor.
The Nevernever was scary at first, I admit, and it continues to be scary
at times. Most good things are worth a little fear.

Also by Shetterly:Cats Have No Lord
Witch Blood
Elsewhere

Dark is Rising
by Susan CooperOn the Midwinter Day that is his eleventh birthday, Will
Stanton discovers a special gift  that he is the last of the Old Ones,
immortals dedicated to keeping the world from domination by the forces of
evil, the Dark. At once, he is plunged into a quest for the six magical
Signs that will one day aid the Old Ones in the final battle between the
Dark and the Light. And for the twelve days of Christmas, while the Dark
is rising, life for Will is full of wonder, terror, and delight.
"Susan Cooper is one of the few contemporary writers who has the vivid
imagination, the narrative powers, and the moral vision that permit her
to create the kind of sweeping conflict between good and evil that lies
at the heart of all great fantasy. Tolkien had it. So did C.S. Lewis. And
Cooper writes in the same tradition." Psychology Today

Archangel
by Sharon ShinnThrough science, faith and force of will, the Harmonics
carved out for themselves a society that they conceived of as perfect. Diverse
peoples held together by respect for each other and the prospect of swift
punishment if they disobeyed their laws. Fertile land that embraced a variety
of climates and seasons. Angels to guard the mortals and mystics to guard
the forbidden knowledge. And Jhovah
to watch over them all...
Generations later, the armed starship Jehovah
still looms over the planet of Samaria, programmed to unleash its arsenal
if peace is not sustained. But an age of corruption has come to the land,
threatening that peace and placing Samarians in grave danger. Their only
hope lies in the crowning of a new Archangel. The oracles have chosen for
this honor the angel named Gabriel, and further decreed that he must first
wed a mortal woman named Rachel.
It is his destiny and her's. And Gabriel is certain that she will greet
the news of her betrothal with enthusiasm, and a devotion to duty equal
to his own.
Rachel, however, has other ideas...

Also by Shinn:The Shape-Changer's Wife
Wrapt in Crystal
Heart of Gold

Harry
Potter and the Sorcerers Stoneby J. K. RowlingHarry Potter has never played a sport while flying on
a broomstick. He's never worn a cloak of invisibility, befriended a giant,
or helped hatch a dragon. All Harry knows is a miserable life with the Dursleys,
his horrible aunt and uncle, and their abominable son, Dudley. Harry's room
is a tiny closet at the foot of the stairs, and he hasn't had a birthday
party in eleven years.
But all that is about to change when a mysterious letter arrives by owl
messenger: a letter with an invitation to a wonderful place he never dreamed
existed. There he finds not only friends, aerial sports, and magic around
every corner, but a great destiny that's been waiting for him... if Harry
can survive the encounter.

Others in the series:H.P and the Chamber of Secrets
H.P. and the Prisoner of Azcaban

The
Neverending Story
by Michael EndeBastion Balthazar Bux is shy, awkward, and certain;y
not heroic. His only escape is reading books. When Bastion happens upon
an old book called The Neverending Story, he's swept into the magical world
of Fantastica  so much that he finds he has actually become a character
in the story! And when he realizes that this mysteriously enchanted world
is in great danger, he also discovers that he has been the one chosen to
save it. Can Bastian overcome the barrier between reality and his imagination
in order to save Fantastica?

Also by Ende:Jim Knopf and Lukas the Engine Driver
Momo

Alice
in Wonderland
by Lewis CarrollTweedledee and Tweedledum, the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire
Cat, the Red Queen and the White Rabbit are all now familiar figures in
writing, conversation and idiom. So, too, are the delightful verses such
as the Walrus and the Carpenter and the inspired jargon of that masterly
Wordsworthian parody, The Jabberwocky. Follow Alice down the rabbit hole
and relive her adventures in Wonderland...

Also by Carroll:Through the Looking Glass
Hunting of the Snark
Sylvie and Bruno

Elidor
by Alan GarnerTold to stay out of the way while their house is packed
up for the next day's move, the four Watson children wander into the slims
of Manchester. There they tumble into the ruined land of Elidor and learn
that they are somehow bound up with its fate. Back in their new house the
children are constantly besieged by evil forces surging to escape into their
dimension. Finally, after months of tension, the children return and face
Findhorn, a fierce and giant unicorn, who must sing before the land can
be redeemed and the children safe again.
"One of the better fantasies, British or American...." Library Journal

Dangerous
Angels  The Weetzie Bat Books
by Francesca Lia BlockBlock's luminous saga of interwoven lives will send the
senses into wild overdrive. These postmodern fairy tales chronicle the thin
line between fear and desire, pain and pleasure, cutting loose and holding
on in a world where everyone is vulnerable to the most beautiful and dangerous
angel of all: Love.